Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLEKEVIN O'BRIEN

Minister
of Government Services

Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 to
broaden the scope of the authority of the board of directors of the Association
of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador to make by-laws with
respect to the appointment of committees to assist the board in the conduct of
its duties and powers under the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS ACT,
2008

Analysis

1.
S.9 Amdt.
By-laws

2.
S.38 Amdt.
Regulations

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and
House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2008 cE-12.1

1.Paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, 2008 is repealed and the following
substituted:

(b)the appointment of committees and the duties
and responsibilities of those committees;

2.Paragraph 38(1)(c) of the Act is repealed and
the following substituted:

(c)governing the evaluation by the board, or a
committee appointed by the board, of the academic qualifications and experience
requirements of applicants for registration to engage in the practice of
engineering or geoscience and the examination of the applicants with respect to
those qualifications or requirements;